A couple in their 60's, a 1940's army building turned into a 3 bedroom cottage, 2.5 acres, vegetable and herbal gardens, goats, chickens, ducks, geese, rabbits, Great Pyrenees, rescue dogs and cats, living as simple and frugal as possible. That is what you will find written about here. Thank you for stopping by. Share anything you like and ask any questions you wish!

Pages

Monday, February 4, 2013

Monday At Hidden Haven

Was blessed with a big bunch of carrots yesterday so today found me in the kitchen canning them.

While there I thought I might as well clean out the animal med cabinet. I have one inside and two outside. The inside one is mostly for meds that can't take cold or hot temps and things I might need to fix before going out to care for animals. It also holds a basket of lightbulbs.

After cleaning out that cabinet the shelves below looked like they wanted to be cleaned.

That led to cleaning the microwave,

which led to cleaning the coffeemaker.

Since I seemed to be spending the morning in the kitchen I might as well cook up and freeze some dog food,

put some field peas in the crockpot, get meat out of the freezer for supper, and geez its lunchtime!

After lunch I tackled the laundry and burnt some of the brush in the firepit before doing afternoon feeding and watering. I waited what seemed like forever for Bella and the puppies to wake up

so I could change their bedding. Try to change it twice a day so that means I never catch up on laundry. After fixing supper ( crab cakes, potato cakes, field peas, corn on cob, honey wheat rye bread) I am now canning some Greek olives that have been cured and given to me. I have over 10lbs so need to can to keep them. While waiting on the canner I am having a late night snack on a Polish pottery set sent to me by Kuma's mommy. I just love pottery and this set is beautiful!

Just a peek into a day at Hidden Haven. The one thing I can say besides all the blessings that come my way is that it is never boring around here! Have a blessed night and don't forget to count your blessings.

I just have to say, you give your animals more love than some parents give to their children. Changing the bedding for the puppies is something some people don't even bother with and you do it twice a day. The people who get an animal from your farm are very fortunate.